Description of problem: After installation of python-jinja2-26-2.6-2.el6.noarch, python "import jinja2" fails. I resolved by creating a jinja2 symlink which resolved into the egg directory: [root@node20 site-packages]# pwd /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages [root@node20 site-packages]# ll jinja2 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 27 Sep 4 10:03 jinja2 -> Jinja2-2.6-py2.6.egg/jinja2 A more appropriate solution would probably be including an appropriate .pth file with the package.
This is on purpose, because a different (older) version of Jinja2 is contained in RHEL6. Quoting the README.Fedora contained in python-jinja2-26-2.6-2.el6: This is a package of the Jinja2-2.6.X series for EPEL6. It is designed to be parallel-installable with the version of Sphinx that ships with RHEL6. In order to import the module, you have to modify sys.path as such: >>> import sys >>> sys.path.insert(0, '/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/Jinja2-2.6-py2.6.egg') >>> import jinja2 For more details, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python_Eggs#Multiple_Versions Unfortunately this text contains a bug, talking of 'Sphinx' instead of 'Jinja2', but you get the idea.